Hill Climb Challenge ! 11 Climbs in 61km - Matlock Top 10 featuring Bank Road, Riber & Rowsley Bar
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Following the epic ride out with David Raynham and Phil Rich on the Saturday, David and I meet up with Tony Cope a.k.a. Top Cat, to take on an iconic Peak District challenge - The Matlock Top 10. It crams 10 climbs and +1800m into 60km, but we decided to hit the famous Bank Road segment x2! Hence we completed 11 climbs and +1900m in 61km.
The Peak District delivers stunning vistas and steep gradients - was one incredible morning on the bike!
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G’Day you guys are crazy I love it. David the good guy looking after each other good bike etiquette. Nothing worse than being dropped and trying to keep up. Knowing you can blow at anytime if you go full gas.
G’Day Sapiens 👍💯. It was a mad old challenge on a perfect morning 🤩. David is indeed a true gent - he could have gone a lot quicker without waiting for me🥵. I was hanging on in for grim death 🤣 - but loved it 👌
Another crackerjack of a video Phill. That 1st climb was, well, beyond emotional, beyond brutal. 32% of leg busting pain and then when you think the worst climb of the day is over 34% through the woods is waiting further on down the road. And we got the added bonus of a cameo from Mr Pritchard.
Very pleased to deliver a crackerjack Tony 💯 - and thanks once again 🙏😊 . I came within 3 seconds of having to walk on Riber - could not believe just how steep that final ramp was 🤯 - literally lung busting … I’m almost relieved I was not aware of the horror lurking in Rowlsey Wood….. literally a wall to equal Porlock Hill and the top 1/3 of Hardknott - but thankfully a tad shorter 😅. Pritch had literally just done his 100km/h descent - he’s a boy - hear he’s into online delivery now 🤣
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy The fastest Pizza in the West 😆😆
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Great day of climbing Phil 👏
David laid on an amazing couple of days of elevation Ian - and for sure loved every second of it … save almost blowing up on Riber 😅 Thanks ever so much 🙏
Thank you so much my romantic friend, Phil :))) The video was perfect again. Greetings to jane. By the way mate, I wish health and happiness you and your family Phil. From Türkiye with hello. I'm waiting for new videos :))) Have fun.
🤣 Atakan - did you take notes as to how to conduct the perfect dinner for 2 😁. Thanks for your sublime comment and encouragement - and Jayne & I wish you health, happiness and good times 💯
i must say phil, your summer outdoor videos having been truly beautiful this year.
Cheers Ian, thats extremely kind of you to say so! 🙏 Whether rain or shine, we’ve been blessed with some incredible scenery, and Jayne has been truly mastering the edit to bring to life our little adventures (it’s super complex to mix in the power with multiple cameras) 👍
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy Jayne gets the MVP award
She sure does Ian 💯👌😁
Great video Phil, and great riding everyone..
Thanks Mike - once again hugely appreciated 🙏 - and for sure it’s one amazing part of the UK you live in 🤩
The guy in the Sky jersey is a machine! Great video Phil 👍🏻
💯 Ian - Tony Cope aka Top Cat, is very very strong indeed 💪 - and thanks ever so much for the very kind support 🙏
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy raced against T.C ( good climber) in cat n fiddle tt few years ago..thought it was him, the leek cc shorts on.. I too have that sky jersey love it 🤟plus a few more lol 😀🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
Nice one Kris 💯💪 - the Cat & Fiddle TT is very iconic I believe? Did you beat him ?
Okay! This is the video that got you a new subscriber! I’ve climbed Riber…that is, I’ve climbed Riber after putting my foot down in that little driveway before the last section. It was brutal! I’d like to go back and do it again as I’ve climbed harder hills in Wales and England with success since then. Top video mate! Looks like you had a pearl of a day with the weather as well.
Thanks ever so much for subscribing, TFC 🙏 - it’s hugely appreciated . Riber can definitely rip your face off if you don’t save enough energy for the final 200m 🥵 You’ll see in my recent Hill Climb Racing (double trouble) - super Sunday - I entered the Hill Climb events in Matlock in October, and made a better job of Riber. An incredible part of the word to cycle. And for sure - if you’ve hit some of the tougher climbs in Snowdonia or the Lakes / Peaks / South West, then you’ll monster Riber next time 💯💪 . And yep - the weather was off the chart wonderful 🤩
Terrific film Phillip. Nice to see that Jayne is now tolerating our intrusion on your dinner for 2000+ Cheers. G.
Thanks ever so much Greg 🙏 - thats massively appreciated 👍 - sand maybe I should create a game of jeopardy - where I film our meal out, but Jayne only gets cross if the vid gets less than 2000 views 😅
Fair play Phil just one of them climbs would be defcon 1 for me.great footage and content,perfect viewing for us cycling folk.
That’s very kind of you Austin 🙏 - and for sure I too found several of them super super tough - but very rewarding - …… indeed I very nearly got off and walked on Riber when I went too hard🥵. And thanks ever so much - I have more like this in the edit 👍
Absolutely cracking Video, What an Epic ride!!, Great to see the lads together, Top Cat is just incredible up them hills, awesome to see our resident freight train!. The Matlock Top 10, added to my list ;). Great Effort Phill!
Thats super kind of you Samuel 🙏 - epic ride in a jaw dropping part of the UK with incredible company! Your very own freight 🚂 and top 🔝🐈⬛ ! Definitely take on the Matlock Top 10 - I’ll be back for a second attempt 💯
So privileged to live in the Peak District and to have ridden this. Great video thanks for sharing👍
My pleasure, Mark💯 - and thanks for your very kind support 🙏. Yep - to live in the Peaks or the Lakes is absolutely epic - very lucky indeed Sir 👌
A great route of climbing there… but also disgusting at the same time 🤣. Top effort!
It was seriously hard, Liam - especially after going too hard on Riber 🤣 - but very very good fun 👌💯. Cheers 🙏
Great video, some great footage here. I did this route last November on a rainy day and inadvertently ended up joining a hill climb race on Riber. Difficult but enjoyable route and worth it for the views. Keep up the good work.
🤣Michael - it was a rainy November - I know because I took part in the Riber Hill Climb Race that same morning - and then Bank Road in the afternoon - it’s one of my vids. And for sure it’s an excellent and super tough route 👌Thanks ever so much
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy So funny that was the same day , I'll have to look at that video. I must've looked strange climbing in a rain cape with a fairly large saddlebag and no race number, but the cheers from the locals definitely helped me up the 25-30% bends.
Keep up the good content.
Amazing what more can I say great video
Really pleased you enjoyed this one also Gavin 🙏💯 The second day of incredible weather - and a seriously brutal challenge 🥵👌
TC is a machine. Makes it look so easy. Great video. Top effort staying with 2 speedsters
Thanks Paul - thats massively appreciated 🙏 . It’s incredible to ride out with 2 such strong cyclists - David is a proper power house that can go and go and go. And the accelerations Tony is able to produce on the incline are simply incredible - a real privilege to see 💯
Team work is still going strong, for the ride and for the video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Team Work Makes the Dream Work, Pierre-Alain 😁💯💪 - an incredible adventure, and Jayne pulled it out the bag with the edit 👌. Thanks ever so much 🙏
Bloody fab. Loved it
Thats extremely kind of you to say so Jonathan 🙏 - and massively motivating for us 💯 Plenty more to come
Again nice Video Phil, „3 Horseman Tour“ after „Four“ yesterday👍💪 steep ramps, new rear camera and a nice Dinner ending, thanks for sharing👍, well done👏😎
My pleasure Stephan 🙏 - Jayne was editing this up whilst I raced the 7 Horsemen yesterday - and she’d produced a belter 💯 I hugely appreciate your super kind support - and plenty more to come 👍
Beautiful video. The whole atmosphere there. But a real challenge with the hill climber topper Tony. So lovely to see David again. What a kind man is he, making the routes etc. Also happy to watch you and Jayne at a romantic dinner. You both look wonderful and when Jayne says 'fine', it must mean something, cause I think she is a lady with standards. 😂😂
Jayne is indeed a lady with standards - who lowered hers a tad to be with me Agnes 😊 - and I promise I only minimally ruined the meal 🤣 It was indeed a feel good weekend - and amazing to spend time with David, Phil and Tony. The Peaks is a truest beautiful part of the UK - and I can see why it produces so many amazing hill climbers 💯 Thanks ever so much for your lovely support 🙏
Great content and editing (Jayne) again Phill, picture quality is excellent and voice over is spot on, very well done 👏👏👏Topcat looked as fresh as a daisy at the end 😂
Thanks ever so much Carl 🙏 And congratulations on your victory today 💪✊ - was our most complex edit yet, but Jayne pulled it out the bag and says thanks 😊 . Fresh is not the word…. TC decided to carry on riding and complete some more intervals 🤯 - and your lad is more than pretty handy on a bicycle to boot 💯. Loved our time in your neck of the wood - stunning 🤩
Super video again Phill. Nice to see some more familiar roads too. That Matlock 10 is certainly a loop that keeps on giving! Solid weekend of work completed there, and in beautiful conditions, the Peaks have never looked so good :)
The loop that keeps on giving could have been the title Phil 😅 - but what a loop 🤩👌 - you guys re blessed . Looking forward to our next adventure 👌
Pure perfection.......brutal, but perfect 👏🏾✊🏾
Thanks ever so much Paul 🙏- blown away by your amazing comment ! Definitely an epic part of the world and some amazing company made for the video - and Jayne pulled it out the bag with the edit (seriously complex one this 💯).
Looks, simultaneously brutal and brilliant. Amazing video as always.
Thanks ever so much Edwin 🙏 - you’ve summed it up beautifully 👌 - loved every second of it 💯 And congratulations on getting to head up the University Cycling club 👍
Another great video and excellent editing by Jayne again.....the likely lads are monsters up those hills 💪👌
Cheers Stephen - ever so kind as always ! 🙏 Monsters is a very good adjective 😅 - I was in the hurt locker from KM 1 🤣
Stunning video Phill 👌 I love seeing roads I recognise.
That’s lovely of you to say so Katie 🙏 - and hugely appreciated. And what roads you are blessed with!!! Loved my time in the Peaks 🤩
Superb video Phil and Great editing by Jayne, Matlock is just up the road from me and it truly is a leg breaking feast for the eyes! I think this is your best yet 👌🙂👍
Thanks ever so much Mark - we massively appreciate that🙏 - it’s certainly our most complex video to date, and Jayne did justice to a beautiful part of the world (you are very lucky to live there) and an amazing ride out with David and TC 👌 What surprised me was just how thick and fast the climbs come in the peaks - not just on the Matlock Top 10 - but also the day before. Truly climbing paradise 🤩
You guys are machines!! I often forget why I never cycled when we lived in Yorkshire - too hilly! No hills in Perth 🤣😂
Two machines and a little blue lawnmower Helen 🤣 - and I can feel your perspective! When we went to Yorkshire for the Struggle Dales in the Steepest Century video - it felt like riding repeatedly into a wall 😅 Thanks ever so much 🙏
Now THAT'S a bike ride! Great video Phil nicely put together and top effort chasing those boys
Cheers Mark - David can certainly organise an incredible weekend of cycling 👌 - really appreciate you reaching out with such a lovely comment, it was a complex edit, and super pleased you enjoyed it 👍. And for sure - I was a little out of my league 😅
These are my local roads and the first time I did the Ten was back in October 2018 in torrential rain six weeks after tearing my quad, it was great fun (I also paid for the pleasure) 🤷♂️
You have incredible local roads and countryside, Gene 👌🤩. And to do the Matlock 10, only 6weeks after a quad tear must have been proper proper challenging 🥵. I’ll be coming back to hit that route in the spring - because it’s an incredible way to accelerate fitness and mental fortitude 💯💪
Your dinner dates... I'm suprised your not getting divorced she must be very patient with you 😂
Great video once again 👍
Thanks ever so much Tom & Rachel of the very first dance ! 🙏 It won’t surprise you to hear that I have been divorced… and am blessed with Jayne being so so so patient 😅 I did the driving duties - so got a brownie point or 2 for that 🤣
Awesome vid Phil well done once again 🚴👍👍 some serious climbs in that top 10 Matlock is certainly well known for its hills.. tony is a machine very impressive
Thanks ever so much Pete 🙏 - really appreciate that 💯 . I loved the Peaks - because the hills are literally back to back to back - amazing challenge. And for sure Top Cat is on a different level !!💪
Massey Ferguson action…..looked like a green John Deere to me…🤣🤣🤣
🤣 My bad! Indeed its a John Deer - green and yellow - how could I make such a school boy error 😁
Stunning video as always Phil... Love that laugh in response to hilly.... And by George I thought we were about to witness some walking on the first savage hill! Keep up the good work sir and ofcourse well edited Jane! x
Thanks ever so much Jem 🙏 - and I’m so sorry there remains no line of sight to your herniated disc getting better. Really wish you much better fortune in the quest to get that sorted out 🍀. Hilly 🤣 - they sure do have a sense of humour in the midlands - hilly with a few perpendicular walls. And seriously I came within seconds of having to walk - all kinds of trouble 😅. Really appreciate your super kind support and Jayne says cheers on the edit (her most complex to date !) 👍
Was lovely quality ride in with you both 👌, great video.
Don't Read to much with me flying off up the hills, these two guys had done a big day in the peak day before & takes its toll on the legs, they are both very strong riders 💪
Was amazing to take on some climbs in your neck of the woods, Tony - really enjoyed our morning out - and wow! Can you accelerate like nothing else on the climb - simply epic💪✊. So pleased you liked the video - was our most complex edit to date - but captured the moment 👍. Looking forward to getting my legs ripped off by you again - in the not too distant future 😅
Nice work Phil - and a Pritchard bonus thrown in. Last time I climbed Rowsley Bar was by accident 😂
Thanks ever so much Dominic 🙏 - and I can imagine your level of concern rising rapidly as you realised where you were headed 🤣 - thats pretty much vertical for 500m 🤯 Was a little Pritchy bonus to see him in Matlock 💪
Great video as always, ride looks mega!
Cheers Sheldon - thats hugely appreciated🙏 . David had gone to a lot of trouble to plan the weekend - and it was an epic route. I’d very much recommend 👌 definitely, I’ll be heading back there soon 💯
Love the daddy bear mummy bear baby bear classifications of hill. Not like you to limit the classifications to only three!! Great post again.
Cheers Martin 🙏 - maybe the Grand tour Organisers will replace Cat 1-4 and Hors with this method 😁 And thanks ever so much for your lovely comment and support 👍
Great video Phill, nice guy's up North! I think you got away with the ride easily but only just.....the dinner.....
Cheers Wayne 🙏 - nice guys indeed 💯 , and a jaw dropping part of the UK to cycle in 🤩 I did get away with the ride - just - because David went easy on me 😅 . I reckon I came within a few seconds of having to dismount and walk on Riber … and Rowsley Wood was a very “special” surprise 😳. Glad you liked my style for the dinner 🤣
'Fine' ... love it Phil, great content again. Keep them coming dude🤙🏼
Cheers Jason 🙏 - thats super kind of you !! And isn’t fine the kind of resounding endorsement we all seek after a romantic dinner for 2 🤣
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy 😂😂
Fantastic video, it had all the hallmarks of an iconic BRWM! Backpedal legends, amazing scenery, brutal climbs, a crossover with another youtuber but most of all, mates enjoying riding their bikes! Looked like a great day out for all of you. Well done for plotting the route David, and well done for completing it Phill
That’s incredible of you to say so Nick 🙏💯 - and for sure David planned the perfect cycling weekend - plus organised a spot of good weather 🤩. I have to say the Peaks did their bit too - so many climbs (3 of the official 100 on just this ride!!). The WTRL and Sportives and general rides out with mates have helped me find what I enjoy most about cycling - the team work and friendship plus having a few digs on the steep stuff …. Hoping your knee continues to improve 💯🤞
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy I've only cycled the peaks a couple of times and it was absolutely stunning. Proper cycling gem! The knee is still not 100%, but good enough that I'm fully back on the bike. Thank you for your continued and kind support as I've been whinging too, love this whole community!
Definitely a place for another visit once you are confident of your knee, Nick - given the steep inclines out a lot of pressure on it. My left was very bad for 2 weeks after the week in the lakes . Keep consistent and don’t neglect the recovery - and 🤞
Nice one Phil! Hellish 😂 Almost did that myself but chickened out
Cheers Mark 🙏 - I seriously though about pulling the plug after blowing on Riber 😅 - but definitely doable if you only go to VO2 Max when needed 💯 Recommended
Haha, nice work guys, enjoyed that 😁 you set off like a rocket on Riber, haha. Great overlays, 34% on the inside line at Rowsley 🤮 first time I rode that I walked it. 🤭 loved the front and back camera work, quality of the vids just keeps getting better and better.
Good to see you in this videos put a face to the name 👍
David 🚂 Raynham ! Thanks ever so much for organising a spectacular weekend 🙏 - was perfect 👌 And so pleased you like the edit - it’s our most ambitious yet (Jayne was full gazzz ) I reckon I came within 2-3 seconds of having to walk on Riber let alone Rowlsey (Rowlsey reminded my of Porlock Hill - not the Toll Road) . Very special weekend 🙏
PS What gearing do you run - so I can answer another question?
I’ve loved meeting up with people from the virtual community and putting names to faces and chewing the fat also Sheldon 👍👌
@@sheldonwhite3506 cheers mate, was a great weekend. 😃
Glad you liked the burn Phill 😉 and you have got a good one there with a sense of humour as I’m sure you will not get away with that with a lot of Ladies good on you Jayne. I thought you knew your tractors as the second one was a Johndear 😂 and as far as the climbing goes I done that one in Matlock and should I say I just rode Up it and that was hard enough doing that. And just to say another very enjoyable watch watching others suffer 😊
Thank you Nick. For the kind words & the lemon twist recommendation!
I’d softened Jayne up with your amazing M&S tip, Nick 😁 - and it really was as good as you’d said 😋 . Jayne is indeed very calm and patient -albeit I did minimise the filming and did the driving 😁 Yep - schoolboy error - green and yellow = John Deer !! I consider myself corrected 🤣. I couldn’t believe Bank Road when I saw it - straight and vertical - in a sensational urban setting… loved it ! So pleased you enjoyed this vid - was a lot of fund to film 👌
@@jaynes6813 😊 glad you enjoyed it
I know how you feel. I did the John O Groats to lands end cycle ..... The hills are brutal.
I’ve heard that John O Groats to Lands End is absolutely relentless - so kudos for completing it PinPointEnts 💪✊ - yep - the climbs here were absolutely savage - but stunning 🤩
Great vid Phill 👌 & nice to see you doing some proper climbing IN MY BACK YARD & best place in the country although you've still not done my favourite climb in the area!! Maybe next time 👍
I’d seen you on a few of the KOMs (faster than me! ) Keith 💪 Love your manor 🤩 - truly an incredible part of the UK. What’s your favourite climb ???
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy favourite would be Bretton to Barrell Inn short but steep - other side of Sir William Hill that you did, 1500ft at the top so stunning panoramic views but I do like the Strines section beyond Ladybower Reservoir......too many amazing climbs in the Peak District though to be honest 👌....never gets boring 😁
Well done Sir, this scouser applauds you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Cheers 🙏 - massively appreciated from a Londoner who’s daughter is about to come to live in your beautiful City, FTW 👌
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy My pleasure, and your daughter is more than welcome, I have to agree, Liverpool is a beauty, she will be 814 year's old on the 28th August 👌🏻
That’s quite the birthday 💪 - the grand old lady or the North. She’s looking forward to getting up there !
Great video Phil, your breathing sounded like defcon 5 not defcon 1! Great work and as always fantastic fun and video. Than you and Cheers!
Cheers Stuart 🙏 - that’s much appreciated! And for sure allllllll the oxygen was being sucked right it …. nearly not enough!!
My Wahoo Bolt auto-pauses when I hit a slope of about 18% Pretty insulting when your bike computer reckons that you're going so slowly, you might as well quit :D
Agreed Patrick 💯 - it sure is insulting - when we are still blitzing along at 4km/h 😅
Another great video. Those two guys look unbelievably powerful and great company (if you can stick with them) to ride with… and oh to have an understanding partner like Jayne… every cyclist needs a Jayne 😅.
Thanks ever so much Anthony 🙏 - was an amazing day, and Jayne pulled the edit out the bag 👌 For sure she’s very calm and understanding - her superpower is calm 💯 David and Tony are both on another level to me - but was good to cling on to their coattails - shows just what can be achieved 😅
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy your numbers are super impressive too. Easy to watch but incredibly difficult to replicate. I’m in London tue-thur so I’m going to take the bike and seek out this famed Swaines lane 🤞
Cheers ! It was a good legs weekend 😅. Good time to check out Swain’s is in the early am (less traffic and also schools on holiday so even better)
a seinfeld comment (ie. about nothing). been using a viking press landmine attachment. you might like to try this in the exercise/star wars room in yr apartment. allows you to do front squat, push press, split squat, rdl, overhead press: high value compound movements. minimal space req. apart from v.p., you’ll need landmine and a pair of proper bumper plates to anchor it. good for when you don’t want to trickle down to the commercial gym.
Cheers for the tip on that FFF - however it will need to wait in the apartment - because we’ve just sold it and are preparing to move out . But I may be able to try in the gym . Do you like curb your enthusiasm? I do … in very small doses 😬🤣
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy curb funny. but can be “a bit much”. has grown unnecessarily coarse since introduction of leon black. favourite moment: greg. czcams.com/video/pP2nukRR6c4/video.html
Another brilliant video, some serious climbs there. David was spinning up that last hill, would love to know what gearing he was using.
Cheers Liam - thats massively appreciated 🙏 - and no doubt the climbs come thick and fast - and are incredible. You’re either ascending or descending 😅 I’ll find out
2:43 for the TT is very impressive, well done. Sorry be pedantic but I’ve got to pick you up that Wirksworth is a market town, not a village, the start of the climb up West End is the market square when not a car park.
Cheers Mark 🙏 - thats very kind of you to say so! And my apologies, the towns and villages when by in a blur of high heart rate ! But for sure market town is a lot larger than a village, and very handsome it is too 👌🤩
You deserved a proper pint after that fella.
Cheers Frank 🙏 - was my absolute max for that day! But what a part of the world to ride a bike - spoilt for choice with the climbs ! Andy indeed should have had an ice cold beer 💯
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy It's my neck of the woods and Derbyshire is beautiful, leg breaking, but beautiful.
glad you took up the advice and visited Matlock Phil. I live close to Alton Towers and i try to get across into the peaks at every given opportunity. Are you attending the national hill climb championships at Winnats pass this year?
Cheers Joshua - it was an amazing tip thanks 🙏 - what a part of the world to ride a bike 🤩 I’m not good enough to take part in the National Champs - so don’t currently have plans to attend
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy still worth going to watch if Ed is involved. Give him some support on the new wheels 🚴🚴
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Super vidéo bravo j ai aussi un focus comme vélo très bon vélo 😂👏👏👏👏👍🇫🇷🚴🏻♂️
Merck beacoup Alain 🙏 Tony aime son velo aussi - il est tres leger eg agile 👌
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy merci d avoir répondu en français bravo👏👏👏👏👏👍🇫🇷
Would you mind sharing the route? Im planning to head out that way this weekend
Sorry i actually misinformed you on Bank Rd- The shorter Open segment was to the junction on the left where i stopped, the 2016 Nat`s when on across the flatter section a little long, probably so all the 🤮🤮🤮 (sick) didn't run down the road. I kid you not, was a Disaster zone of casualties in that area 🤣
I can see it was a disaster zone ! Alllll kinds of carnage 😅 Unbelievable !!
Shepherded me to the top like prescious cargo ☺️
David was a true squire - could have easily left me to my own devices - but wrapped me up in cotton wool whilst I was still getting back in the game 😁
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy You were never out of the game sir ... Just weighing up your options 😂
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The altitude must have been getting to you, looked rather like the John Deer colour's to me.
🤣 Kev - when we got over the top of Riber, I was in all kinds of trouble… all kinds ! Greener than the John Deer 💪
Do you have 50/34 in the front? Or does one need sth even smaller do climb a 30% gradient.
I have a semi compact on the Wilier and a 30 on the back. On the Colnago I have a compact and a 32. I think that the 32 or 34 on the rear is super helpful for most people (me included ) in the Peak District, Lake District or Snowdonia 👍
traversing wot larkin thought best about the place: “the shadows, the meadows, the lanes…”
You are an individual of culture FFF 👌 - nicely said . Am back in Wordsworth Country in Sept for the Fred Whitton
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy took from “going, going”. a rueful exposition of his chum kingsley amis’s observation, “more means worse”.
à propos of nothing. on indoor trainer yesterday morning. heard captain mainwaring say to sgt wilson, “i spent my honeymoon at inversnecky”. don’t think i’ve ever heard a more desolate remark.
Fascinating - I assume you are a student or teacher of the English Language ? And moving from Larkin to Dad’s Army is sublime BTW 🤣
Have you shared the route anywhere Phil?
Hi Mat - if you go onto my Strava you should be able to see the route . David plotted it - we started on Bank Road and then Riber - which is not the official beginning - but completed all 10👍
If you ever need BAKPDLers to drop TC style I'm sure there will be some volunteers (says Scottish Norfolk dweller) 🤣
🤣 Cheers DJ - I know my place - thats hanging on to the coattails of BAKPDLers 😅 - but for it would be good to get dropped by you and the folk out east on the beautiful flats. I’ll be found hiding in your draft 💪
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy I meant the other way round Phill. You'd leave me and plenty of other BAKPDLers behind for sure! 💪
I’m not so sure of that DJ 😅
Your Strava link won’t open for me 🙁
Hi Danny - I just accepted your request! All should be good now 👍
new to biking, at 3:58 does the guy in the front look like he's leaning his bike too much there while looking back?
Hi Nico - good to have you onboard 💯 ! I’m relatively new to cycling also - only started my own journey 3 years ago (inside initially on Zwift). Yep - for me and likely yourself, I’d never do that 💯. But Tony and David are exceptionally good bike handlers - so better able to take a small risk like that on quiet roads they know well. Great decision you’ve made to get into cycling 👌 - it’s a lovely supportive community 😊
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy 3 years ago? And you're doing this. Wow. Iron makes Iron, and I guess that applies for ironmen too
@@nicow6808 I really enjoy the training, and discovered that I also have a natural aptitude for the fitness element of cycling . But the progress has not been linear - some steps forward and some back 💯
@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy is this your first sport or were you already athletic before?
That was john deere action not massey ferguson 😜
It sure was Matt ! Schoolboy error by me for sure 🤣